Sunday Scripture: Moses Returns to Egypt
18 Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in...
Friday T&A: Powerage Edition
This week's entry into everyone's favourite series is unfortunately late again, though I do have a kind-of-sort-of good excuse. Basically, I was playing free therapist to several different people,...
Guest Post: Russian Missile Madness by The Male Brain
I am very pleased to present another guest post by our good friend, Dawn Pine, who wrote in with a translation of an article appearing in Israeli media by a chap named Nitsan Saddan. The article...
How professionals think about war
I gather there is an old saying in military circles that goes something like: "amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics, generals talk strategy". This is precisely why getting caught up...
Monday morning Avatardation
Ah, Monday, our old enemy. We meet again at last. Actually, this day just exists to remind us how short the weekends are, and how little time there is to rest and recover from the travails of the...
Sunday Scripture: Jethro’s Advice
18 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how the Lord had brought Israel out of...
On behalf of our resident Badger
LRFotS Dire Badger is a chap with whom many of us are familiar. He's been a regular at both this site and its predecessor, the old Didact's Reach blog, for many years. Though he rarely comments...
Friday T&A: Late Late Show Edition
Things have been unreasonably quiet around here at Didactic Mind for entirely mundane reasons - namely, yer very 'eavy, very 'umble servant has been run off 'is feet with work and other things. You...
The billion-dollar Dorito
Northrop Grumman unveiled the B-21 Raider just over a week ago. Based on what I have seen of it thus far, it is likely to be the latest entry in the American Military-Industrial Complex's very...
Monday morning with Eli Wallach
Well, here we are again, after far too short a weekend and far too little real R&R. I had to spend some of yesterday working, as there never really seems to be enough time to get things done...
Sunday Scripture: The Defiling of Dinah
34 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the...

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